Shoe holder and clamp for polishing purposes



Feb. 21, 1950 Y w, BREWER 2,498,358

SHOE HOLDER AND CLAMP FOR POLISHING PURPOSES Filed Dec. 19, 1947 Patented Feb. 21, 1950 SHOE HOLDER.

AND CLAMP FOR POLISHING PURPOSES J ohnde W. Brewer, Des Moines, Iowa Application December 19, 1947, Serial No. 792,778

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved shoe holder particularly adapted for domestic use.

It is the object of my invention to provide a device of simple, durable and inexpensive construction for holding shoes or boots while being polished and cleaned and especially adapted for household use, which may be easily supported from a wall or other support in a quick and detachable manner.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shoe holder having improved means for adjustably clamping the shoe firmly in operative position.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated and attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shoe holder, showing the manner that it is mounted on a wall or other support.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on th line 6-6 of Figure 1.

My improved shoe holder comprises a wall cleat I0 secured to a wall H or other suitable support by screws l2. The upper end of the cleat is wider than its lower end and has its edges provided with inturned flanges l3, for detachably receiving the tapered supporting bar Id of the shoe supporting frame I6. Said frame comprises the bar l4, a horizontal portion l1 and a brace portion l8 having the lower end provided with notches l9 to permit the tapered plate Hi to be moved upwardly from the flanges [3, whereby the frame I 6 may be easily and quickly attached to or detached from the wall bracket.

The upper end of the brace I8 is provided with a horizontal portion 2| having an opening 22. A bar 23 is mounted under the frame member I! and adapted to slide longitudinally between the portions l1 and 2|. Said bar is provided with a hook 24- at its outer end and a slot 26 in its opposite end. A clamp 21 having a bottom portion 28, side member 29 and an opening 3|, is provided for clamping the parts 2|, 23 and I1 firmly together. A bolt 32 and a thumb nut 30 are provided for securing the clamp and said parts together.

Pivotally mounted to the member 11, I have provided a heel plate 34 having upwardly projecting heel engaging lugs 36.

In the practical operation of my improved shoe holder, assuming that the wall bracket has been secured to the wall H or any other convenient support, the frame I6 is then grasped and the plate I4 of said frame placed in the bracket l0 between the front face of said wall cleat and the flange portions l3; the notch I9 permitting the lower end of the brace l8 to enter between the lower ends of the flanges I3. This provides means for rigidly holding the frame l6 to the wall. The thumb nut 36 and the clamp .21 is then loosened permitting the bar 23 to be pulled outwardly from the wall. The heel of a shoe is then placed on the plate 34 with the back of the heel engaging the lugs 36 with the ball of the shoe sole resting on the bar 23. The said bar is then moved inwardly until the hook 24 engages the toe portion of the shoe sole. The nut 32 is then tightened causing the parts [1, 23 and 2| to be firmly secured together and the shoe firmly held in position for polishing or cleaning.

The slot 26 in the bar 23 provides for moving the hook 24 toward or from the heel plate 34 to permit shoes of various lengths to be polished. By pivotally mounting the heel plate to the bar 11 by means of the rivet 38, means is further provided for adjusting the length of the supports. This is accomplished by swinging the heel plate through an angle as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The heel of the shoe will then engage the back edges 31 of the lugs 36 instead of their inner faces, thereby providing simple means for further adjusting the length of the holder to provide for very short shoes, such as that of a child.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a shoe holder of very simple and cheap construction which may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from a support, such as a wall and when so applied provides a shoe holder capable of being adjusted to various size shoes and when so adjusted firmly hold the shoe so that it may be easily polished or cleaned.

I claim:

1. A shoe holder comprising, a wall cleat, a horizontal support detachably connected to the wall cleat, a heel plate having upwardly extending heel engaging lugs near one edge, means pivotally connecting the opposite edge of said plate to one end of said support to swingin a horizontal plane,

a toe hook adjustably mounted to the other end of said support to move toward and from said heel plate, and means for locking said toe hook in any one of its adjustable positions.

2. A shoe holder comprising, a horizontal support adapted to be secured to suitable supporting means, a toe hook secured to the outer end of said horizontal support, a heel clamp having upwardly extending lugs near one of its edges, means pivoting the opposite-edgeof said clamp to said horizontal support near its inner end to rotate in a horizontal plane through an angle of 180 to either of two operative positions to increase or decrease the distance between the heel lugs and said toe clamp.

3. A shoe holder comprising, a supporting frame including a horizontal portion, ,a .downwardly extending wall engaging portion having its lower end inclined upwardly and outwardly to form a brace, a bar slidably supported between the :lower face of the horizontal portion and the upper end of said brace, the outer end of said bar terminatingin a t,oe-hook,;a heel clamp pivotally secured to the inner end of said horizontal portion to rotate through an'angle-of 180, and means for adjustably clamping the slidable bar to and between said horizontal portion and the brace member to permit the toe-hook to move toward and fromthe heel clamp.

4. A shoe holder comprising, a vertical wall cleat having spaced bracket supporting flanges support, a slotted bar supported between the horizontal support and the horizontal portion of said brace the outer end of the slotted bar having an upwardly extending toe-hook; a clampin plate beneath the horizontal portion of said brace having upwardly projecting flanges for engaging the edges of said horizontal portion and said slotted bar, a bolt supported through said horizontal portion, the slot of the adjustable bar, the horizontal portion of said brace, and said clamp plate, a wing nut on the lower end of said bolt for clamping all of the last said parts together, a heel plate having its forward edge pivotally mounted on the horizontal portion of said frame and its rear edge provided with upwardly extending heel engaging lugs; whereby the toe hook is adjustably mounted to move toward and from the heel plate to lengthen or decrease the distance between the toe-hook and the heel lugs, the heel plate being pivotally mounted to rotate through an angle of 180 to further shorten the distance between said heel lugs and toe hook.

JOHNDE W. BREWER.

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